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Hong Kong in revolt and The Art of Rebellion

Charlie Hore — 2020-10-13T11:41:10Z

Two recent additions to the literature on the 2019 revolt in Hong Kong: Au Loong-Yu's Hong Kong in revolt is a compelling and informative narration of the revolt for a broad international audience, while The Art of Rebellion gives further insight through an effective mixture of reportage, artwork and photography.

- Reviews section / China, Hong Kong, Reviews

Trotskyism in China

Charlie Hore — 2018-12-27T06:25:00Z

In the early 1930s there were more Trotskyists in China than anywhere else outside Russia. The defeat of the Chinese revolution in 1927 was one of the decisive factors in the emergence of Trotskyism as a distinct body of thought, and a powerful influence in shifting Trotsky's views on the nature of Stalinism. It is thus hardly surprising that those who had been on the sharp end of the defeat should be especially receptive to his critique.

- Reviews section / Fourth International, China, Reviews

Remembering the riots of spring 1976 in China

Charlie Hore — 2016-06-14T16:46:52Z

It's 40 years since workers, students and school-students broke the oppressive regime that had come out of the Cultural Revolution in China and forced a change of direction on their rulers with mass protests in the spring of 1976.

- Features / China, Historical events and figures, Features